Creating Safe Space: Violence and Women's Writing [Paperback]

Tomoko Kuribayashi (Editor), Julie Ann Tharp (Series Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 4, 1997

Creating Safe Space: Violence and Women's Writing defines the role of women's writing in the face of violence and suggests the degree to which violence has affected women from diverse periods, places, and social backgrounds. The book examines the ways in which women use their writing to redefine their experiences of abuse, to give themselves a voice in order to break the silence imposed on women in patriarchal society, and to start challenging and changing a culture that objectifies, degrades, and destroys women. The women discussed in the book include established authors, such as Virginia Woolf, Edith Wharton, Willa Cather, and Charlotte Bronte, as well as contemporary artists including Anne Rice and Joy Kogawa.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Tomoko Kuribayashi is Assistant Professor of English at Trinity College of Vermont and Julie Tharp is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin.

Product Details

• Paperback: 254 pages
• Publisher: State University of New York Press (December 4, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0791435644
• ISBN-13: 978-0791435649
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,468,080 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)